Re: flat symbol in text?

2023-01-06 Thread Matthew Pierce
ypond-user-bounces+piercello=hotmail@gnu.org on behalf of David Kastrup Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 11:52 AM To: Matthew Pierce Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org Subject: Re: flat symbol in text? Matthew Pierce writes: > How might I display the text "Bb Major," but with the fla

Re: flat symbol in text?

2023-01-03 Thread David Kastrup
Matthew Pierce writes: > How might I display the text "Bb Major," but with the flat symbol > instead of a lower case "b"? I'd just use Unicode, namely "B♭ Major". If you don't get this via input methods (on my keyboard, it's "[Compose ke

Re: flat symbol in text?

2023-01-03 Thread Matthew Pierce
That worked, thank you! I will play with the syntax and learn from it. -M From: Rip _Mus Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 9:15 AM To: Matthew Pierce Cc: Jean Abou Samra ; Lilypond-User Mailing List Subject: Re: flat symbol in text? Hello, try instrumentName

Re: flat symbol in text?

2023-01-03 Thread Rip _Mus
"} > > My apologies for a badly worded question. Is there a way to insert the > flat symbol into an instrument name? > -- > *From:* Jean Abou Samra > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 3, 2023 8:53 AM > *To:* Matthew Pierce ; lilypond-user@gnu.org < > lil

Re: flat symbol in text?

2023-01-03 Thread Matthew Pierce
Yes, but I don't see a way to use "\flat" in this specific context: ...with {instrumentName = "Bb Major "} My apologies for a badly worded question. Is there a way to insert the flat symbol into an instrument name? From: Jean Abou Samr

Re: flat symbol in text?

2023-01-03 Thread Jean Abou Samra
> Le 03/01/2023 15:45 CET, Matthew Pierce a écrit : > > > How might I display the text "Bb Major," but with the flat symbol instead of > a lower case "b"? You will find \flat in the index. https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/notation/lilypond-index.html Best, Jean

flat symbol in text?

2023-01-03 Thread Matthew Pierce
How might I display the text "Bb Major," but with the flat symbol instead of a lower case "b"? Thanks to all, Matt

Re: display flat symbol in ees major

2014-12-29 Thread Jinsong Zhao
Many thanks to Malte, Brian, David and Tim. You help me a lot. Best regards, Jinsong On 2014/12/29 10:16, Jinsong Zhao wrote: Hi there, I am try to learn LilyPond by doing. I have a score, which display a flat symbol in ees major. However, I can't get that in LilyPond. \version &qu

Re: display flat symbol in ees major

2014-12-29 Thread Tim Roberts
Jinsong Zhao wrote: > > I am try to learn LilyPond by doing. I have a score, which display a > flat symbol in ees major. However, I can't get that in LilyPond. > > \version "2.19.15" > \relative c, { >\clef "bass" >\key ees \major >

Re: display flat symbol in ees major

2014-12-29 Thread David Nalesnik
Hi, and welcome to the community! On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Jinsong Zhao wrote: > Hi there, > > I am try to learn LilyPond by doing. I have a score, which display a flat > symbol in ees major. However, I can't get that in LilyPond. > > \version "2.19.15"

Re: display flat symbol in ees major

2014-12-29 Thread Malte Meyn
To force an accidental, simply write an exclamation mark behind the pitch: bes! Am 29.12.2014 um 19:16 schrieb Jinsong Zhao: Hi there, I am try to learn LilyPond by doing. I have a score, which display a flat symbol in ees major. However, I can't get that in LilyPond. \version &qu

Re: display flat symbol in ees major

2014-12-29 Thread Brian Barker
At 10:16 29/12/2014 -0800, Jinsong Zhao wrote: I am try to learn LilyPond by doing. I have a score, which display a flat symbol in ees major. However, I can't get that in LilyPond. Easy: append an exclamation mark to the note name. Even better, append a question mark, which help

display flat symbol in ees major

2014-12-29 Thread Jinsong Zhao
Hi there, I am try to learn LilyPond by doing. I have a score, which display a flat symbol in ees major. However, I can't get that in LilyPond. \version "2.19.15" \relative c, { \clef "bass" \key ees \major c8 g' ees' g, c,4 < g'' bes, &

make-text-markup to use flat symbol instead of lowercase "b"

2014-10-31 Thread keith Luke
#("C" "D" "E" "F" "G" "A" "B") (ly:pitch-notename pitch)) lowercase?)) ;; If it's natural, do nothing (if (= alt 0) (make-line-markup (list empty-markup)) (if (= alt FLAT) ;; Otherwise, handle adding the flat symbol

Re: Using flat symbol in text

2011-10-19 Thread Bill Mooney
Hi Nick, After a bit of tinkering, and using the Character Map application (Ubuntu10.04)(but I would think it would also work in Windows) to ' Copy' the character 'music flat sign' (which has the same code as you used - funnily enough! :) ) I think the following provide what I think is a visual

Re: Using flat symbol in text

2011-10-19 Thread Jean-Alexis Montignies
On 19 oct. 2011, at 01:03, Xavier Scheuer wrote: > On 18 October 2011 10:06, Nick Payne wrote: >> I occasionally want to use the flat symbol in a header, usually to indicate >> the original key when a piece has been transposed from the original key. >> Neither way I have f

Re: Using flat symbol in text

2011-10-18 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 18 October 2011 10:06, Nick Payne wrote: > I occasionally want to use the flat symbol in a header, usually to indicate > the original key when a piece has been transposed from the original key. > Neither way I have found of doing this is satisfactory, as shown below. The > first

Re: Using flat symbol in text

2011-10-18 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
ill still be a little bit to high or low for bigger and smaller sizes. Cheers, Jan-Peter Am 18.10.2011 10:06, schrieb Nick Payne: I occasionally want to use the flat symbol in a header, usually to indicate the original key when a piece has been transposed from the original key. Neither way I

Re: Using flat symbol in text

2011-10-18 Thread Jan-Peter Voigt
not adjusted by font-size, so it will still be a little bit to high or low for bigger and smaller sizes. Cheers, Jan-Peter Am 18.10.2011 10:06, schrieb Nick Payne: I occasionally want to use the flat symbol in a header, usually to indicate the original key when a piece has been transposed fro

Using flat symbol in text

2011-10-18 Thread Nick Payne
I occasionally want to use the flat symbol in a header, usually to indicate the original key when a piece has been transposed from the original key. Neither way I have found of doing this is satisfactory, as shown below. The first leads to an oversized flat symbol that is too close to the

Re: Fingerings with Flat Symbol

2009-04-21 Thread Robin Bannister
Jonathan Townes wrote: the use of fingerings would be much faster and require less typing This nice aspect of fingerings is due to the parser knowing what a fingering looks like. But this is defined as being a single digit, so you only have ten things you can ask for (corresponding to 0 .. 9)

Fingerings with Flat Symbol

2009-04-20 Thread Jonathan Townes
Hello I'm transcribing jazz solos and am searching for an efficient means of notating scale-tone numbers above notes, incorporating sharps and flats, e.g. 1 3 sharp5 flat7. I realize I'm able to use text markup commands for this. However, the use of fingerings would be much faster and require less

Re: Possible to change the three-quarters-flat symbol?

2006-10-11 Thread Mats Bengtsson
If you just have the desired symbol available in some font or can compose it by combining existing symbols in some way, it is fairly straightforward to redefine the way an accidental is typeset. If you want it fully automated so that LilyPond itself replaces every three-quarters-flat symbol with

Possible to change the three-quarters-flat symbol?

2006-10-11 Thread Alexander Ness
Hello, I am a composition student in New York. I recently discovered LilyPond, and am excited by its flexibility, clarity of design, and high output quality. Is there a way to change the three-quarters-flat symbol, and---more generally---to designate symbols for other microtonal accidentals

Re: Flat symbol

2002-09-27 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
"Antonio PALAMA'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I noticed that the flat symbol produced by Lilypond has something strange: > the upper part of the vertical line is thicker than the lower part. Yes, that's called a brush. I believe the comments in the font so

Re: Flat symbol

2002-09-27 Thread Rune Zedeler
Antonio PALAMA' wrote: > Is this intentional or is it a bug? It is intentional. -Rune ___ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Re: Flat symbol

2002-09-27 Thread Simon Bailey
from what i have heard, this is part of the feta font design. therefore intentional. *g* greetings, simon. On Sat, 2002-09-28 at 00:15, Antonio PALAMA' wrote: > I noticed that the flat symbol produced by Lilypond has something strange: > the upper part of the vertical line is thick

Flat symbol

2002-09-27 Thread Antonio PALAMA'
I noticed that the flat symbol produced by Lilypond has something strange: the upper part of the vertical line is thicker than the lower part. Is this intentional or is it a bug? Thanks, Antonio ___ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Flat symbol in the header

2002-08-27 Thread Mats Bengtsson
> > Hi. > > > > \fetachar\fetaflat in the headers does not work with ly2dvi of Lily > > 1.6.0. > > lilyponddefs.tex is OK (i.e., without %) > Yes, the problem is that lilyponddefs.tex isn't included before the > title is typeset, in the LaTeX wrapper file created by ly2dvi. One way > to solve th

Re: Flat symbol in the header

2002-08-20 Thread Mats Bengtsson
> Hi. > > \fetachar\fetaflat in the headers does not work with ly2dvi of Lily 1.6.0. > lilyponddefs.tex is OK (i.e., without %) Yes, the problem is that lilyponddefs.tex isn't included before the title is typeset, in the LaTeX wrapper file created by ly2dvi. One way to solve the problem is to co

Re: Flat symbol in the header

2002-08-20 Thread Marco Caliari
On Sat, 15 Jun 2002, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > Rune Zedeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Marco Caliari wrote: > > > >> \header{instrument="Instruments in Bb"} > > > > \header { instrument = "Instruments in B$\\flat$" } > > Fwiw, using feta characters, like this, should also work: > >

Re: Flat symbol in the header

2002-08-20 Thread Marco Caliari
On Sat, 15 Jun 2002, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > Rune Zedeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Marco Caliari wrote: > > > >> \header{instrument="Instruments in Bb"} > > > > \header { instrument = "Instruments in B$\\flat$" } > > Fwiw, using feta characters, like this, should also work: > >

Re: Flat symbol in the header

2002-06-15 Thread Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Rune Zedeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Marco Caliari wrote: > >> \header{instrument="Instruments in Bb"} > > \header { instrument = "Instruments in B$\\flat$" } Fwiw, using feta characters, like this, should also work: \header{ instrument="instruments in B\fetachar\fetaflat"

Re: Flat symbol in the header

2002-06-15 Thread Rune Zedeler
Marco Caliari wrote: > \header{instrument="Instruments in Bb"} \header { instrument = "Instruments in B$\\flat$" } -Rune ___ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user

Flat symbol in the header

2002-06-15 Thread Marco Caliari
Hi. How can I put the flat symbol (or sharp) in the header? For example, I want to write \header{instrument="Instruments in Bb"} where "Bb" means "B flat". Bye -- Marco ___ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL